Knock Castle Hotel and Spa

Knock Castle is a luxury hotel and spa on Drummond Terrace in the town of Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland. It is owned and operated by HG Group.

History

Knock Castle is a category B listed property, built in 1885 for retired Glasgow merchant William Miller by the Glasgow architect John Honeyman. The cost of construction was £4,515.00 and attracted window tax for 23 windows. John Honeyman later joined with John Keppie to form Honeyman & Keppie, whose work can still be seen in the building.

In 1932, David MacBrayne, a descendant of the MacBrayne shipping family who owned Caledonian MacBrayne (also known as Cal-Mac) bought the house and, in keeping with the building's history, retained Honeyman & Keppie to add further rooms.

The MacBrayne family lived in the house until the 1970s, when it was sold to Dr Gertrude Brown. Dr Brown, who had worked with Dr J.H. Kellogg in America, ran it first as a nursing home and then as a medi-spa called Roundelwood.

The New Hotel and Spa

The property was purchased in December 2007 by the present owners, Henderson Group, a business managed by Chic Henderson and his four sons, with interests in haulage, helicopter charter, property, and garages. The group paid in excess of £2m for its purchase and spent a further £1.5m to return the house to its former condition, and upgrade its facilities.

The refurbishment included new spa facilities, a restaurant, a residents' cinema, a purpose-built conference centre, and redevelopment and upgrade of the property's bedrooms to provide a series of luxury standard, superior and suite rooms, many of them with views over Strathearn. The hotel is managed by one of Mr Henderson's sons, Jason Henderson, who is also a qualified head chef. The hotel is licenced to hold civil wedding ceremonies.